Romeo and Juliet

PROLOGUE

1. Who speaks the Prologue? The Chorus or Narrator.
2. What is the purpose of the Prologue? To introduce the play to the readers, to
help them a better understanding of the story, and a little background of the characters.
3. In what poetic form is this Prologue? It is in the form of a sonnet.
4. Highlight lines 5 and 6. Explain the importance of these two lines. "From for th the fatal loins of these two foes, A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life..." These two likes are telling the readers about how much the two different families hate each other even there slaves can’t stand each other. It also explains Romeo Juliet’s love for one another and how in the end no matter what they do to stop it they die.
5. Why does Shakespeare tell us how the story is going to end? It makes us have a completely different view on the story know the whole time that no matter what the two lovers do in the end they will die.
6. What themes are established in the Prologue? The prologue establishes anger, fate and love.

ACT 1 SCENE 1

1. How does Shakespeare start the play so that he gains the attention of the “groundlings?” He starts the play off by having servants fighting each other. He thinks this will gain the attention of the groundlings because most of them are servants and deal with some of the same problems.

2. Highlight lines 58-59. Our first introduction to Benvolio comes when he says these words. What do they reveal about his character? "Part, fools! Put up our swords.
You know not what you do." These lines show that Benvolio is trying to show everyone that there really isn’t any reason for them to be fighting and that they should stop and try to be friendly to one another.

3. Highlight lines 64-65. Our first impression of Tybalt occurs in these lines. What do we learn about his character? "What, art thou drawn among these heartless hinds?
Turn thee Benvolio! Look upon thy death." These lines show that Tybalt likes to fight even for no reason. He is hot tempered and has an extreme hate for anyone that doesn’t like his family.

4. Highlight lines 90-91. What is the tone of the Prince’s speech? In these lines he makes a new decree. What is it, and why is it important? "And, Montague, come you this afternoon, To Know our farther pleasure in this case". His tone is powerful and he shows everyone that he is boss. He tells everyone that the next person who starts a fight will either be put to his or her death.

5. When we first see Romeo he shows all the signs of a Petrarchan Lover—someone who is in love with the idea of being in love. How does Romeo act (lines 125-136)? Romeo thinks he is in love with Rosaline. He has that look in his eye like all he can do is think about her. He thinks he loves her but really he doesn’t know much about her and probably doesn’t even know how real love feels like.

6. When describing his feelings to Benvolio, Romeo uses Oxymorons—pairs of contradictory words in lines 170-177 and 184-188. Why does he speak in contradictions and paradoxes? Romeo uses contradictions and paradoxes to show us how confused and unhappy he is. It makes it more interesting for the readers.

7. We then learn that Romeo is suffering from Unrequited Love—He loves someone who does not love him back. What suggestion does Benvolio make to Romeo to help him get over is unrequited love for Rosaline (lines 221-223)?
Benvolio suggest that Romeo goes at looks at other girls before he completely commits to one.

ACT 1 SCENE 2

1. In this scene Lord Capulet talks to Paris about marrying his daughter Juliet. What two reasons does he give for not wanting Juliet to marry at this time (lines 8-14)? Lord Capulet tells Paris that he wants him to be the one to marry his daughter. He also tells Paris that he will not force his daughter into marriage but that Paris must truly get her love first. His two reasons for not wanting Juliet to marry at this time is that she is young and hasn’t truly learn what love is and wants to give her more time to figure that out for herself. Also his wife was forced to marry him when she was too young and now she is very unhappy and he doesn’t want that to happen to Juliet.

2. Highlight line 16-19. On what condition will Lord Capulet agree to Juliet’s marriage with Paris?
"But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart;
My will to her consent is but a part.
And she agree, within her scope of choice.
Lies on my consent and fair according voice".
Lord Capulet tells Paris that he will agree to him marrying Juliet on the one condition that he must get her to love him first.

3. What does this reveal about Lord Capulet’s love for his daughter? This reveals that Lord Capulet really does love his daughter and will do whatever it takes to make sure the is happy. He’s not like every other father who find a guy who they like and force their daughters to marry even when they don’t want to.

4. From the servant who cannot read we learn that Rosaline, with whom Romeo believes he is in love, will be at the Capulet party. Why does this excite Benvolio? What is his plan (lines 84-89)? This excites Benvolio because he thinks that if Romeo sees all the other girls compared to Rosaline that by the end he will think Rosaline isn’t as beautiful has he thought she was and will be able to move on to someone else.

5. Highlight lines 86-89. Explain Benvolio’s analogy:
"At this same ancient feast of Capulet's
Sups the fair Rosaline whom thou so loves,
With all the admired beauties of Verona
Go thither, and with unattainted eye
Compare her face with some that I shall show
And i will make thee think thy swan a crow"
Benvolio is trying to show Romeo that Rosaline is not the girl for him and that there are prettier girls out there.

6. Why does Romeo agree to go to the party (lines 102-103)? Romeo agrees to go to the party not for the other girls but because he knows that Rosaline will be there and wants to see her.

7. What coincidence takes place in this scene? Explain what theme is being developed. Romeo goes to the party to see Rosaline but instead he goes and falls in love with another girl, Juliet.

ACT 1 SCENE 3

In this scene Lady Capulet is informing Juliet and her nurse of Count Paris’ proposal of marriage.
1. What is the nurse’s relationship with Juliet?
The nurse practically raised Juliet. She was Juliet’s servant but also her wet mother, meaning she nursed Juliet. It seems as if she cares more about Juliet and he feelings then her own mother does.

2. How would you describe the nurse’s personality? She is fun and is able to laugh and seems to always be in a good mood.

3. Highlight lines 62-63. What is the nurse’s one wish for Juliet and why?
"Peace, I have done. God mark thee to his grace,
Thou wast the prettiest babe that ever I nursed.
And I might live to see thee married once,
I have my wish."
Her wish for Juliet is that she is able to get happily married once while she is still around.

4. When Lady Capulet asks Juliet how she feels about being married, what is Juliet’s answer (line 67), and what does it reveal about her character?
She answers "it is an honor I dream not of". This shows that she is slightly sneaky. She can make it sound like she is giving the answer that the mother wants without actually doing so. She can twist he words around well.

5. The nurse and Lady Capulet are both excited and pleased by Paris’ proposal but for different reasons. The nurse says Paris is “a man of wax” and at the end of the scene encourages Juliet to “Go, girl, seek happy nights to happy days.” What does the nurse see in Paris, and what does it reveal about her attitude toward love and marriage?
She sees a good attractive man and encourages Juliet to get to know him she thinks love and marriage is very important to a happy life.

6. Lady Capulet’s lines 82-95 compose a conceit. A conceit is an extended, exaggerated comparison or metaphor between two unlike things—in this case, between Paris and a book that needs to be bound. What does Lady Capulet see in Paris that would make him a good match for Juliet? What is Lady Capulet’s attitude toward love and marriage?
Lady Capulet sees that Paris was a well raised good looking boy that would make a good match for Juliet. She has never truly been in love so doesn’t know what it is like making her attitude towards love and marriage not actually about love more about appearance.

7. Highlight lines 98-100. Explain Juliet’s answer to her mother when asked if she can love Paris. What does it reveal about her knowledge of being in love? What is her attitude toward love and marriage?
Juliet's answer to her mother when asked if she can love Paris was, "I'll look to like, if looking liking move, but no more deep will I endart mine eye than your consent gives strength to make it fly." This means that if Juliet truly feels something for Paris and can find things that they have in common then she will love and marry him. But if she does not feel love for him she will not force herself to marry him. Juliet has a very good understanding of what love is and knows that it is not something that should be forced.

ACT 1 SCENE 4

1. Highlight lines 106-111. Why does Romeo feel uneasy about going to the party? What dream-like premonition has he had?
Romeo feels uneasy about going to the party because he thinks that someone will find out that they are Montagues’ and a fight could break out resulting in many deaths. His dream had warned him not to go to the party for something bad was going to happen. His friends didn’t pay much attention to this dream and just said it was the work of Queen Mab.

2. Comment on this speech in terms of the Elizabethan attitude toward the stars and astrology.
The Elizabethan attitude towards stars and astrology was that their fate and destiny was all up to the stars. It was up to the stars to decide who would kill who in a deadly battle of what two lovers would be married.

3. What decision does Romeo make in lines 112-113, and what is the thematic importance of this decision?
Romeo makes the decision to go to the Capulet’s party event though he feels that something is going to go terribly wrong. He has trust in the stars to get him through it. He thinks he is going to this party to make Rosaline fall in love with him but the stars have another plan for him and that is why he meets Juliet.

ACT 1 SCENE 5

1. We learn from Romeo’s soliloquy (a speech delivered while the speaker is alone, calculated to inform the audience of what is passing in the character’s mind) that he is struck by love at first sight when he sees Juliet at the party. Paraphrase Rome’s speech (lines 43-53). To what does he compare Juliet?
"O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright. It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear-beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear. So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows as yonder lady over her fellows shows. The measure done, I'll watch her place of stand and, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand. Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight. For I never saw true beauty till this night."
“Her beauty shines so bright that she makes the lights seem dimmer. She is too beautiful and amazing to be here on this earth for everyone to watch. She is so much prettier then all the other women. Like a dove standing with a group of crows. I shall watch her and tough my hand to hers. Have I ever actually felt love till now? I swear I have never seen someone so beautiful till tonight.”

2. How does this speech about his love for Juliet compare to his speeches about being in love with Rosaline? With all of the speeches about how much Romeo loved Juliet it was never with this much passion and never this convincing. When he spoke about Rosaline he was always a little confused about his love for her, never 100 percent sure. But with Juliet it seems different he know that this is what love feels like and is sure of it with every inch of his body.

3. Tybalt recognizes Romeo’s voice and tries to start a fight. What two reasons does Lord Capulet give for stopping him (lines 65-69)?
Lord Capulet tells Tybalt that he first of all will not Romeo ruin their party and he will not have a fight breaking out in his own home.

4. Highlight lines 90-91. What threat does Tybalt make as he agrees to withdraw?
"Patience perforce with wilful choler meeting
Makes my flesh tremble in their different greeting
I will withdraw, but this intrusion shall,
Now seeming sweet, convert to the bitterest gall."
Tybalt agrees to withdraw the threat to announce to everyone that Romeo was at the party, which would ruin the party and most likely cause a fight to break out.

5. In lines 92-105 Romeo and Juliet speak to each other. Their lines form a sonnet. Paraphrase the lines of the sonnet.
ROMEO: If I profane with my unworthiest hand this holy shrine, the gentle fine is this: my lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.
JULIET: Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, which mannerly devotion shows in this; for saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch, and palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss.
ROMEO: Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?
JULIET: Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer.
ROMEO: O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do; they pray, grant thou, lest faith turn to despair.
JULIET: Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake.
ROMEO: Then move not, while my prayer's effect I take. Thus from my lips, by yours, my sin is purged.

ROMEO: If my worthless hand on yours if rough and not smooth then my lips are ready to help with a gentle kiss.
JULIET: Good pilgrim, you judge your hands to harshly, your hand on mine shows devotion, saints hold the hand of pilgrims. Holding hands is just like kissing.
ROMEO: Don’t saints and pilgrims have lips too?
JULIET: Yes, but pilgrims use their lips only to pray.
ROMEO: Then why don’t you let your lips do what your hands are doing and give me a kiss as it is fate.
JULIET: Saints only move to grant a prayer.
ROMEO: Then don’t move I will bring my lips to yours and your lips will take my sin.

Dramatic Irony is when the audience knows something the characters do not. What is ironic about Juliet’s line 134?
It is ironic because she is saying she has fallen in love with Romeo but doesn’t yet know that he is a Montague.



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Romeo and Juliet's first encounter in scene 5

ACT 2 SCENE 2
1. Juliet is on the balcony outside her bedroom but cannot hear the words that Romeo says to himself as he looks at her from the hiding place below. Answer the following questions about lines 2-25:

a. Romeo repeats the light and dark images he introduced when he saw Juliet for the first time. Why does Romeo compare Juliet to the sun? Romeo compares Juliet to the sun because he thinks that she is bright and happy and is the center of his universe.

b. Why does he want the sun to kill the envious moon? He wants the sun (Juliet) to kill the moon so the sun can be out 24/7 so he can be with her 24/7.

c. Why is the moon envious? The moon is envious because everyone likes the sun better because it is brighter and more beautiful.

d. Why does he compare Juliet’s eyes to the stars? He compared her eyes to the stars because he think that they twinkle just like the stars do.

e. Why is this comparison to stars another example of foreshadowing? This is foreshadowing because it reminds us that Romeo and Juliet are star crossed lovers and only the stars can change their fate, which is that they will die.


2. Highlight lines 33-36. Juliet is still unaware that Romeo is nearby. Paraphrase these lines. JULIET: O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name. Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love and I'll no longer be a Capulet.
JULIET: Romeo, why are you Romeo? Refuse to be a Montague. Or if you won’t, at least be sworn to me with all your love, and I'll no longer be a Capulet.


3. Highlight lines 43-44. Paraphrase lines 38-49. What is Juliet’s attitude toward the feud that has separated the two families?
JULIET: 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy; thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, nor arm, nor face, nor any other part belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What's in a name? that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet; so Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd, retain that dear perfection which he owes without that title. Romeo, doff thy name, and for that name which is no part of thee take all myself.
JULIET: It is only your name that is my enemy, you are not a Montague. What is a Montague? It’s not a hand or foot or arm or face or any other part on a man. If only you had another name! What's a name? A rose called by another name would still smell sweet; so if you were not named Romeo you would be the same person. Romeo, if you give up your name you can have me.

This shows us that Juliet doesn’t like this feud that is going on between the two families. She doesn’t support it she thinks it’s stupid because it has been going on for so long know one really know what its about. She doesn’t think that this stupid feud should be the only reason her and Romeo can’t be together.

4. After Juliet asks some pertinent questions (lines 58-84), she realizes that Romeo has overheard her intimate thoughts about him. How does her attitude change in lines 85-105? What is she worried about? At first she is embarrassed that Romeo had heard her saying that she loved him. Then later on she is saying how she is worried that it is going to fast and it can’t be real love when the had just met for the first time only a couple of hours ago.

5. Why does Juliet object to Romeo’s swearing on the moon (lines 109-111)?
Juliet objects to Romeo swearing on the moon because the moon is not around all the time it goes away during the day and comes back out at night and she doesn’t want Romeo to only love her sometimes.

6. Juliet speaks of her fears in lines 116-119. Explain.
Juliet’s fear is that Romeo is lying to her and doesn’t actually love her and is just going to use her and then throw her away.

7. Paraphrase lines 142-148.
JULIET: Three words, dear Romeo, and good night indeed. If that thy bent of love be honorable, thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow by one that I’ll procure to come to thee where and what time thou wilt perform the rite, and all my fortunes at thy foot I’ll lay and follow thee my lord throughout the world.
JULIET: Three words, Romeo, before I go to bed. If you really love me, then marry me; send me a message tomorrow saying where and when we will marry, and I will be yours and I will be with you for the rest of my life.

ACT 2 SCENE 3

1. Friar Laurence is introduced in a lengthy soliloquy in which he philosophies about nature and about mankind. Paraphrase his speech (lines 7-30). 2. What does Romeo tell Friar Laurence, and what does he want from the Friar (lines 43-64)? Romeo tells Friar that he is over Rosaline and now he loves Juliet and she actually feels the same way. He wants Friar to secretly marry him and Juliet in his cell.

3. What is Friar Laurence’s reaction to hearing of Romeo’s new love (lines 65-80)? He isn’t sure how someone can go so quickly from being so in love with one person and then the next day be so in love with someone else. He doesn’t know if it can be true love that Romeos feeling

4. Highlight lines 89-92. What reason does Friar Laurence give for agreeing to marry Romeo and Juliet?

FRIAR LAURENCE: O, she knew well thy love did read by rote, that could not spell. But come, young waverer, come go with me. In one respect I'll thy assistant be, for this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households' rancour to pure love. The reason that Friar gives for marrying Juliet and Romeo is that he is hoping that it will for once and for all stop the feud between the two families.

ACT 2 SCENE 4

1. This scene shows us more of the nurse’s character as she trades quips and puns with Mercutio. What malapropisms (an inappropriateness of speech resulting from the use of one word for another which resembles it) does the nurse use (line 115)? The nurse says the line "if you be he sir, I desire some confidence with you." she uses the word "confidence," instead of the word "conference."

2. What message does Romeo urge the nurse to give to Juliet (lines 163-166)? Romeo urges the nurse to tell Juliet to come to Friars sell later on that day and they will be married.
ACT 2 SCENE 5

1. Juliet is very impatient to hear news from Romeo (lines 1-17). What images does she use in her soliloquy to express this? Juliet uses images such as; from nine till twelve is three long hours, yet she is not come had she affections and warm youthful blood, she would be as swift in motion as a ball, and love's heralds should be thoughts which ten times faster glide than the sun's beams, and therefore hath the wind-swift Cupid wings, now is the sun upon the highmost hill of this day's journey.
2. The nurse knows Juliet is impatient, but she keeps putting her off. Why does the nurse do this? The nurse keeps trying to put Juliet off of marriage because she knows that Juliet has a lot of feelings for Romeo but isn’t sure if there truly love and thinks that the marriage is moving a little to fast.
3. Why does the Nurse agree to help Juliet marry Romeo? The nurse agrees to help Juliet marry Romeo because she wants Juliet to be happy and sees that Romeo does make her that. She wants Juliet to be able to fall in love and marry the man of her choice.
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1. Paraphrase then Podcast the "Balcony Scene" between Romeo and Juliet

NURSE:
Madam!
NURSE:
Madam!
JULIET:
I come, anon.—But if thou meanest not well,
I do beseech thee—
JULIET:
I am coming right now. But if you don’t mean well,
I beg of you,
NURSE:
Madam!
NURSE:
Madam!
JULIET:
By-and-by, I come.—
To cease thy suit and leave me to my grief.
To-morrow will I send.
JULIET:
I’m coming
To end your pursuit of me and let me grieve.
I’ll send tomorrow.
ROMEO:
So thrive my soul—
ROMEO:
I’ll be waiting,
JULIET:
A thousand times good night!
JULIET:
A thousand times good night!
ROMEO:
A thousand times the worse, to want thy light!
Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books;
But love from love, towards school with heavy looks.
ROMEO:
A thousand times worse for me, to want your light!
Love goes toward love as schoolboys away from their books;
But love goes from love, like boys look at school.
JULIET:
Hist! Romeo, hist! O for a falconer’s voice
To lure this tassel-gentle back again!
Bondage is hoarse and may not speak aloud;
Else would I tear the cave where Echo lies,
And make her airy tongue more hoarse than mine
With repetition of my Romeo's name.
Romeo!
JULIET:
Listen, Romeo, listen! Oh I wish I had a falconer's voice
To bring this hawk back to me again!
Being a slave you have a hoarse voice and may not speak aloud;
Or I would go to the cave where Echo lives,
And make her voice more hoarse than mine,
With the repetition of your name.
Romeo!
ROMEO:
It is my soul that calls upon my name.
How silver-sweet sound lovers’ tongues by night,
Like softest music to attending ears!
ROMEO:
It is my soul that calls my name.
How silver-sweet is the sound of lovers voices at night,
Like the softest music your ears have ever heard!
JULIET:
Romeo!
JULIET:
Romeo!
ROMEO:
My dear?
ROMEO:
My dear?
JULIET:
What o'clock to-morrow
Shall I send to thee?
JULIET:
What time tomorrow
Should I send someone?
ROMEO:
By the hour of nine.
ROMEO:
At nine.
JULIET:
I will not fail. 'Tis twenty years till then.
I have forgot why I did call thee back.
JULIET:
I will not fail. It’s going feel like twenty years until then.
I have forgotten why I called you back.
ROMEO:
Let me stand here till thou remember it.
ROMEO:
Let me stand here until you remember.
JULIET:
I shall forget, to have thee still stand there,
Remembering how I love thy company.
JULIET:
I will forget, just to have you stand there,
Remembering how I love your company.
ROMEO:
And I'll still stay, to have thee still forget,
Forgetting any other home but this.
ROMEO:
And I'll still stay, to have you still forget,
Forgetting any other home but this one.
JULIET:
'Tis almost morning. I would have thee gone—
And yet no farther than a wanton’s bird,
That lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again,
So loving-jealous of his liberty.
JULIET:
It is almost morning; I should make you leave,
And yet I don’t want you to go any farther than a bird,
Who lets the bird hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted ankle cuffs,
And, with a silk thread, plucks the bird back again,
So loving, but jealous, of his liberty.
ROMEO:
I would I were thy bird.
ROMEO:
I wish I were your bird.
JULIET:
Sweet, so would I.
Yet I should kill thee with much cherishing.
Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow,
That I shall say good night till it be morrow.

JULIET:
Sweet, so do I.
But I you kill you with too much loving.
Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow
That I will say good night until it’s tomorrow.
ROMEO:
Sleep dwell upon thine eyes, peace in thy breast!
Would I were sleep and peace, so sweet to rest!
Hence will I to my ghostly father's cell,
His help to crave and my dear hap to tell.

ROMEO:
Sleep is in your eyes, peace in your breast!
I wish I were sleep and peace, so sweet to rest!
I will go right to my priest's house,
To get his help and to tell him about you.


ACT 3 SCENE 1

1. Why do you think Tybalt approaches Mercutio and Benvolio and wants a “word” with one of them (line 36)? Tybalt wants a word with one of them because he is trying to find Romeo and thinks that one of them will be able to tell him where Romeo is so they can fight.

2. Mercutio tries to provoke Tybalt to fight (lines 37-38). Why doesn’t Tybalt want to fight him (line 53)? Tybalt doesn’t want to fight Mercutio because he is not the one that he has the problem with it is Romeo and fighting Mercutio won’t do him any good.

3. After Tybalt insults Romeo, Romeo responds with lines 59-62. Explain his lines. What is the “reason” Romeo has for ignoring the insult? Romeo ignores the insult because he doesn’t want to fight Tybult because he is Juliets cousin and knows that fighting will only get him into more trouble, possibly resulting in death in the prince found out.

4. Highlight lines 65-69. Explain the meaning of the lines and the dramatic irony of the situation. ROMEO: I do protest, I never injured thee, but love thee better than thou canst devise, till thou shalt know the reason of my love: and so, good Capulet,--which name I tender as dearly as my own,--be satisfied. The irony of all of this is that Tybalt hates Romeo because he is a Montague and doesn’t know that he is now technically family seeing that he is married to Juliet.

5. Why does Romeo’s answer to Tybalt’s insults upset Mercutio? What does he think Romeo is doing (line 70)? Mercutio thinks that Romeo is saying that he is in love with a Capulet and is backing down and not fighting back like a man defending himself like he should.

6. Romeo tries to stop Mercutio and Tybalt from fighting by reasoning with them (lines 82-85). Paraphrase what he says.
ROMEO: Draw, Benvolio; beat down their weapons. Gentlemen, for shame, forbear this outrage. Tybalt, Mercutio! The Prince expressly hath forbid this bandying in Verona streets. Hold, Tybalt! Good Mercutio!
ROMEO: Stop Benvolio; put down your weapons. Men you should be ashamed for fighting! Tybalt, Mercutio! The Prince has told us that ws are forbidden to fight in the streets of Verona. Stop Tybalt! Stop Mercutio!

7. Even when he is dying, Mercutio continues to joke and to make puns. Explain the pun he makes in lines 92-99.

8. Highlight lines 102-103. Mercutio repeats the following line (106) three times and then adds the next line. Explain what he means:
“A plague O’ both your houses! They have made worm’s meat of me.” He means that both of them should be ashamed because the fight between them has gotten him killed.

9. What does Romeo mean when he says lines 119-120? He means that after today things are going to take a turn for the worse and that everything was going so well but he ruined all of it and now him and Juliet won’t be able to be together.

10. After Mercutio dies, why does Romeo decide to kill Tybalt instead of accepting Mercutio’s death as an unfortunate accident? Romeo is so enraged and isn’t thinking straight after Mercutios death. He knows that it was his fault and believes it is his duty to get revenge and the only way to do that is kill Tybalt.

11. Highlight line 132. What does Romeo mean? ROMEO: “O, I am fortune’s fool!” Romeo now knows that what he has done is foolish and has ruined any good that he could have had in his life with Juliet because he knows he will either be killed or banished for killing Tybalt.

12. Highlight lines 176-177. What reasoning does Lady Capulet use in begging the Prince for vengeance for Tybalt’s death? LADY CAPULET: “He is a kinsman to the Montague; affection makes him false; he speaks not true: some twenty of them fought in this black strife, and all those twenty could but kill one life. I beg for justice, which thou, prince, must give; Romeo slew Tybalt, Romeo must not live.”
She states that there were more then twenty men involved but it only took one man to kill Tybalt and that one man, Romeo, should pay the price, which is death. Also the fact that he is a Montague probably makes her want him dead that much more.


13. Highlight lines 180-183. What is Lord Montagues’ reasoning in his attempt to persuade the Prince not to kill Romeo for killing Tybalt? Lord Monatuges tries to persuade the prince to not kill Romeo by telling him that Mercutio was a dear friend of Romeo and Romeo was only doing what he thought was right. Getting back at Tybalt for killing Mercutio.

14.What is the Prince’s decree, and what are the reasons he gives for making it (lines 182-185)? The Prince says that Romeo will be exiled instead of killed. He wants Romeo to be punished for killing Tybalt but he also understands that Tybalt took Mercutios life first and Romeo was giving him what the law stated, which is that if you killed someone your life was to be taken as well.



ACT 3 SCENE 2

1. In lines 37-68 the nurse confuses Juliet as she tells Juliet of the fight. What misconception does Juliet make? When the nurse tells Juliet about the fight Juliet makes the misconception that Romeo is death as well.

2. Highlight line 73. When Juliet receives news of Tybalt’s death, what is her first reaction? JULIET: “O God! Did Romeo's hand shed Tybalt's blood?”
She is confused and upset when she hears about Tybalts death. She starts to feel different about Romeo and doesn’t know if his intentions are good. She is happy that Romeo is actually alive but angry and upset that he has killed her cousin who she did care about.

3. Highlight Juliet’s lines 90-92. When the nurse agrees with Juliet, Juliet has a different reaction to Romeo’s killing of Tybalt. Explain. NURSE: “There's no trust, no faith, no honesty in men. All perjured, all forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers. Ah, where's my man? Give me some aqua vitae. These griefs, these woes, these sorrows make me old. Shame come to Romeo.”
The nurse agrees with Juliet when she is talking badly about him for murdering Tybalt. Juliet immediately starts to defend Romeo saying that if he hadn’t killed Tybalt he would most likely be dead himself.


4. How does the scene end? This scene ends with the Nurse helping Juliet to try and see Romeo. She gives Romeo a ring from Juliet showing that she still loves him and is still planning to marry him.
ACT 3 SCENE 3

1. Highlight line 12. What is Romeo’s reaction when he learns that he has been banished?
FRIAR LAURENCE: “A gentler judgment vanished from his lips: not body's death, but body's banishment.”
He is hysterical saying that he rather being banished and not being able to see Juliet is worse then death. He says that he rather be dead.

2. From the beginning of the play, Romeo acts impulsively. In what way is he still impulsive in this scene (lines 102-108)? In this scene Romeo frantically tries to kill himself. He is thinking that he rather be dead because he will never be able to see Juliet and he thinks that she probably hates him now too for killing her cousin.


3. Friar Laurence tells Romeo to count his blessings. What are they (line 135-140)? Friar Laurence tells Romeo that he should be happy that he is still alive and that Juliet still loves him and is alive too. Because if Romeo had died Juliet most likely wouldn’t have been able to handle to pain of loosing Romeo and would have killed herself as well. This way he is only banished which means he may be able to see Juliet again.


4. Explain Friar Laurence’s plan (lines 146-154). Friar Laurence’s plan is that Romeo would go see Juliet and spend the night with her. But he must leave before the morning because if he is caught he will be killed. He will then go to Mantua, where he was banished. Then when everything has calmed down he will come back and beg the Prince to let him stay in Verona and explain that he is married to Juliet now and wants to spend the rest of his life in peace with her.

ACT 3 SCENE 5
Questions begin with Lady Capulet’s entrance, line 68.

1. Lady Capulet misunderstands Juliet’s sadness, and Juliet does not want her to know what has happened between Romeo and Juliet. What does Juliet say about Tybalt and Romeo to keep the truth from her mother (lines 67-102)? Juliet tells her mother that she wants Romeo to be poisoned for killing her cousin Tybalt.

2. What is Juliet’s response when she is told the news that she is to marry Paris (lines 116-123)? How has she changed since Act 1? She freaks out when she is told the news that she is to marry Paris she begs her father, mother, and the nurse to not make her do it. She states that she will not be happy and would marry her enemy Romeo before she would marry Paris. She had changed because in act one it wasn’t as forced on her to marry Paris and there wasn’t anyone else that she as in love with so she just brushed it aside. Now all she can think about is how she wants to marry Romeo not Paris.

3. What is her mother’s reaction to Juliet’s response (line 124 and lines 139-140)? Her reaction to Juliet’s response is that Juliet is being ungrateful and spoiled and isn’t thinking about her parents or anyone else except herself. She tells Juliet to go tell her father of her want to marry Romeo instead of Paris and see what he thinks about that.

4. Highlight lines 190-194. What is Lord Capulet’s response to Juliet’s refusal to marry Paris? LORD CAPULET: God's bread! it makes me mad: day, night, hour, tide, time, work, play, alone, in company, still my care hath been to have her match'd: and having now provided a gentleman of noble parentage, of fair demesnes, youthful, and nobly train'd, stuff'd, as they say, with honourable parts, proportion'd as one's thought would wish a man; and then to have a wretched puling fool, a whining mammet, in her fortune's tender, to answer 'I'll not wed; I cannot love, I am too young; I pray you, pardon me.' But, as you will not wed, I'll pardon you: graze where you will you shall not house with me: look to't, think on't, I do not use to jest. Thursday is near; lay hand on heart, advise: an you be mine, I'll give you to my friend; and you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets, for, by my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee, nor what is mine shall never do thee good: trust to't, bethink you; I'll not be forsworn.
Lord Capulet is furious and mad and Juliet he says that she is spoil, rotten, immature and ungrateful and that if she was not to marry Paris then she could go starve and die on the streets.

5. What does the Nurse advise Juliet to do (lines 212-225)? What is her reasoning? The Nurse advises Juliet to marry Paris because even if Romeo does come back for Juliet and it isn’t certain that he will it won’t be for a very long time. Not marrying Paris will only make her parents more angry and that Paris is a lovely young man of good bloodlines and that he will love her and treat her well.

6. After the Nurse leaves and Juliet is alone, what does Juliet decide to do (lines 240-243)? After the Nurse leaves and Juliet is alone Juliet decided to go to Friar Laurence to try and get help to get out of this marriage with Paris. She decides that if she can’t get out of it that she is willing to take her own life instead of living a life of unhappiness.

Act 3 Podcast

Podcast examples and quotes from Act 3 that illustrate each of the following themes:

- The brutal emotion of love.

Examples: Romeo saying he rather be dead then banished and not being able to see Juliet and Juliet saying that she rather kill herself then marry Paris.

Quotes: FRIAR LAURENCE A gentler judgment vanish'd from his lips, Not body's death, but body's banishment. ROMEO Ha, banishment! be merciful, say 'death;' For exile hath more terror in his look, Much more than death: do not say 'banishment.' FRIAR LAURENCE Hence from Verona art thou banished: Be patient, for the world is broad and wide. ROMEO There is no world without Verona walls, But purgatory, torture, hell itself. Hence-banished is banish'd from the world, And world's exile is death: then banished, Is death mis-term'd: calling death banishment, Thou cutt'st my head off with a golden axe, And smilest upon the stroke that murders me.

- Behaviour controlled by the code of masculine honour

Examples: When Romeo kills Tybalt after Tybalt killed his best friend Mercutio.

Quotes:

BENVOLIO O Romeo, Romeo, brave Mercutio's dead! That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds, Which too untimely here did scorn the earth. ROMEO This day's black fate on more days doth depend; This but begins the woe, others must end. BENVOLIO Here comes the furious Tybalt back again. ROMEO Alive, in triumph! and Mercutio slain! Away to heaven, respective lenity, And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now! Re-enter TYBALT Now, Tybalt, take the villain back again, That late thou gavest me; for Mercutio's soul Is but a little way above our heads, Staying for thine to keep him company: Either thou, or I, or both, must go with him. TYBALT Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here, Shalt with him hence. ROMEO This shall determine that. They fight; TYBALT falls BENVOLIO Romeo, away, be gone! The citizens are up, and Tybalt slain. Stand not amazed: the prince will doom thee death, If thou art taken: hence, be gone, away! ROMEO O, I am fortune's fool!

- The danger of acting on impulse

Examples: When Romeo almost kills himself in Friar Laurence’s cell.

Quotes:

ROMEO As if that name, Shot from the deadly level of a gun, Did murder her; as that name's cursed hand Murder'd her kinsman. O, tell me, friar, tell me, In what vile part of this anatomy Doth my name lodge? tell me, that I may sack The hateful mansion. Drawing his sword

- Destiny and Fate

Examples:

Quotes:

ACT 4 SCENE 1

1. Why is Friar Lawrence reluctant to marry Paris to Juliet? Friar Laurence is reluctant to marry Paris to Juliet because he knows about Juliet and Romeos secret marriage and how much it would kill Juliet to have to marry Paris.
2. How does Paris explain the sudden haste of the marriage plans? Paris explains the haste of the marriage being because he wants Juliet to be happy and he thinks that the sooner they marry the sooner her tears will go away.
3. What is ironic about the conversation between Juliet and Paris? The ironic part about Paris’s and Juliet’s conversation is that Paris thinks Juliet’s tears are from the death of Tybalt and that marrying will make her happy. But really Juliet is crying because Romeo is banished and that she is being forced to marry Paris.
4. If Friar Lawrence cannot help her, what does Juliet threaten to do? If Friar Laurence can’t help her Juliet threatens to kill herself.
5. Why does Friar Lawrence think that Juliet will accept his plan? Friar Laurence thinks that Juliet will accept his plan because she had just shown us that she was willing to kill herself if she could not be with Romeo, so even though this plan was risky and could end up with her dead she seems to have no other choice.
6. Describe the friar’s plan for Juliet. Friar’s plan is that the night before Juliet’s wedding she was to drink a potion that would make her appear dead for 2 days. She would have no pulse and wouldn’t be breathing but would actually only be in a deep state of sleep. Then after 2 days Romeo would come and wake her and they could safely run off together and be happy without anyone coming after Juliet.

Act 4 scene 2:
1. What does Juliet say that makes her father happy? Juliet says that she will marry Paris and this makes her father very happy.
2. How does Capulet change the wedding plans? What implications does this have? Lord Capulet is so happy that he moves the wedding up a day from Thursday to Wednesday. He just wants Juliet to be happy as soon as possible. This makes the Friar’s and Juliet’s plan that much more risky because it is that night that she must drink the potion and there is more likeliness that Romeo won’t get to her in time.


Act 4 scene 3:
1. How does Juliet show her maturity and independence in this scene? She shows her maturity and independence by being the first to tell the Nurse and her mother that she wants to spend the night alone and by making to decision to drink the potion.
2. If the potion does not work, what will Juliet do? If the potion does not work Juliet is planning on killing herself.
3. What are some of the fears Juliet has about the potion? Juliet fears that Friar may be tricking her and the potion may actually be poison or that if the potion lasts too long or too short Romeo may think she is actually dead and take his own life or that she may suffocate in the tomb. She also fears that the potion won’t work like it should and she will be force to marry Paris.


Act 4 scene 4:
1. What is happening in this brief scene? First everyone is busying rushing around trying to prepare for the wedding. Then the nurse goes to wake Juliet and finds her dead. Lord and Lady Capulet rush in to see what is happening. Paris, Friar, and a group of musicians for the wedding arrive shortly after. Romeo’s servant tells the musicians to play something cheerful to brighten peoples spirits but they refuse saying that would be rude they do however stick around to see if they can get any lunch.


Act 4 scene 5:
1. Describe the imagery Shakespeare uses in describing Juliet’s “death.”
"She is cold, her blood is settled, her joints are stiff. Life on her lips has been long gone. Her death is like the sweetest flower on the field being a frost," Shakespeare compares Juliet to the most beautiful flower in the field being frozen and all the life in it gone.
2. What does Friar Lawrence say to comfort the Capulet family? Friar Laurence tells the Capulet family the Juliet lived a happy life, died peacefully, and that she was in a good place up in heaven.
3. What event are the Capulets preparing for now? Instead of preparing for Paris’s and Juliet’s wedding they are now preparing for Juliet’s funeral.

ACT 5 SCENE 1

1. What premonition does Romeo have at the beginning of this scene (lines 1-11)? At the beginning of this scene Romeo has a dream that he is dead and that Juliet comes and kisses him and saves him from dying and he then becomes the emperor.

2. What news does Balthasar bring? How does this disrupt the Friar’s plan? Balthasar brings the news that Juliet is dead. It disrupts Friars plan because Romeo hasn’t gotten the letter yet and he’s going to arrive thinking Juliet is really dead and kill himself.

3. Highlight line 24. Paraphrase. Why is this a brazen thing to say?
ROMEO: Is it even so? Then I defy you, stars!
ROMEO: Is this how it’s going to be? Then I will defy destiny!
This is a brazen thing to say because you can’t defy destiny that’s the whole point of it. No matter what you do your destiny and fate are set out for you.

4. What does Romeo decide to do after he hears Balthasar’s story (lines 34-57)? After Romeo hears Balthasar’s story he decides that he is going to go out and buy poison and go to Juliet’s tomb and drink the poison lying beside her so he can be with her in heaven.

ACT 5 SCENE 2

1. What story does Friar John tell Friar Laurence as explanation as to why he could not deliver the letter to Romeo? Friar John told Friar Laurence that he couldn’t deliver the letter to Romeo because when he was on his why the house that he was staying at was put under quarantine because someone had died there and they thought it was from the plague.

ACT 5 SCENE 3

1. Highlight lines 91-96. What does Romeo notice about Juliet? Explain the dramatic irony. ROMEO: A lightning before death. O, how may I call this a lightning? O my love, my wife, death, that hath sucked the money of thy breath, hath had no power yet upon thy beauty thou art not conquered. Beauty’s ensign yet is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, and death’s pale flag is not advanced there. Romeo notices that Juliet is still beautiful when she’s dead. He notices that her lips are still pink and her cheeks and still flush and rosy. The irony is that she isn’t dead and is actually about to wake up from her 48 hour sleep.

2. Highlight line 167. What does Juliet realize about the situation?
JULIET: What’s here? A cup, closed in my true love’s hand? Poison, I see, hath been has timeless end. Juliet then realizes that Romeo had thought she was dead and killed himself with poison.

3. Highlight lines 169-170. Explain the lines. JULIET: O churl. Drunk all, and left no friendly drop to help me after? I will kiss thy lips. Juliet sees that Romeo has killed himself for her and she tries to see if there is any poison left for her but there isn’t. She then says that maybe there’s enough left on his lips to kill her but when there isn’t she ends up taking a dagger to her chest.